Clwyd
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Episode 4.2
2 January 1986
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| Contestants |
David Curtis, headmaster, and Anthony Gasson, optician; both
from Rickmansworth. |
| Hint to the Treasure |
A sign of spring |
| Clue 1 |
Seawards to the mountain ash and a place where Eliot took
young Cyril, to hear a snatch of bel canto. |
| Leads to |
Roewen Chapel –
where a male voice choir sings the clue |
| Clue 2 |
They’ll keep a welcome for you, Annie.
At Aberconway’s on
the hill.
The ceanothus is cascading
On a terrace above a mill. |
| Leads to |
Bodnant Garden –
in a Ceanothus bush on a terrace above the pin mill |
| Clue 3 |
Take to the hills above old Pwyllycrochan, make for the anthropoids,
and wait till the Penny drops. |
| Leads to |
Welsh Mountain Zoo, Colwyn Bay –
where Penny the chimp has the clue (and is very reluctant to give it up!) |
| Clue 4 |
The White Rabbit tells the West Side story; but on the north
side Codman’s woodentops will deliver the punchline. |
| Leads to |
Llandudno –
with one of the puppets (‘Codman’s Woodentops’) in the Punch & Judy show |
| Clue 5 |
With one eye to Master James’s designs, keep another on the
suspenders – there’s a golden opportunity there! |
| Leads to |
Conwy Suspension Bridge –
a bunch of golden daffodils hanging from one of the supports |
| Result |
The contestants won the treasure with 1 minute 52 seconds to spare. |
Information © David Hodges, 2003, with corrections by Martin Underwood, 2011
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2015
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